Luke 11:13 New Living Translation
“So if you sinful
people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”
The purpose of Luke’s gospel is to
present an accurate portrayal of the life of Jesus Christ and additionally, to
present Him as God’s perfect Son and our Savior. In Chapter 11 Jesus is teaching His Disciples
about prayer. Not only does He offer them
(and us) a model for prayer in what we now refer to as “The Lord’s Prayer”,
Jesus also gave illustrations to shine a light on the persistence that is
required at times to receive our answer from God.
While there are exceptions to this
illustration, generally speaking, a father will always give a child what he or
she is asking for, not the opposite of their request. For example, Jesus states that if the child
asks for a fish, the father would never give them a snake instead. How much
greater is our Heavenly Father than He would bestow only good gifts to His
children. God has the entirety of
creation at His disposal to meet our need(s); so when we ask for something we
can be sure that whatever it happens to be will never be in short supply. There
is, though, that annoying element called ‘timing’.
Our timing of things is rarely in sync
with God’s. Since He knows the beginning
from the end and everything in between, I’m banking on His ability to deliver
exactly when He knows I need the answer the most. He gave us all the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit after Christ’s death, burial and resurrection, just as He
had promised. The Holy Spirit is the
engine that pulls everything together.
So when you are in need of something, ask for it as you would a parent
and expect to receive it because of who you are asking … the creator of the
universe. Until next time, walk with the
King and be a blessing!
Resource: The Life Application Study Bible; Tyndale
House Publishing
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